AIBU to think this lady was nuts? Share your WTF interactions with strangers here

[BarbaraVineFan]

In the park with 4 year old DD today and she became fascinated with a ladybird which she found near the path. We were standing by the side of the path as DD let the ladybird crawl over her arms and hands. A lady went past with a little kid of a similar age and was looking over, so I said 'we've got a ladybird!' (Not sure why really but I felt the need to explain.) Upon which this woman sort of sniggered and went 'ah..,Chlamydia!' And then just...went on her way.

Having googled, I see that apparently ladybirds carry all sorts of STIs, which they transmit to other ladybirds and not humans. So I guess that's what she meant. But at the time I was like 'What the actual fuck?' 😂 Who even says that to a stranger?!

Does anyone have any similar stories of batshit interactions with strangers to share?

I was in the airport. Had spent all night on the uncomfortable chairs waiting for an early morning flight. Hadn't slept a wink, was blurry eyed, wearing a hoodie and jeans (needed to be comfy for a night on those seats). Was walking into the loos when a woman and her two youngish children were coming out. She looks at me and goes 'this is the ladies'. She gets a half asleep yea back from me to which she repeats herself more forcefully. I know I said and walked past her. Later that day I felt I wish I'd been awake enough to ask her did she want me to prove my right to be in there. Like apologies for not wearing my push up bra and a skirt for a night in the airport

When I was at university I worked on the checkouts at Tesco. A man unloaded his basket and I started putting the items through the till. One of the items was a box of those Belgian buns- the ones with icing and a cherry in the middle. I picked them up to scan and sent them down the conveyor belt.

When he went to pay he held up the buns and whispered 'you know what I call these? Tits in a box'.

And me 🤣
I'm Dill the Dog.

I'm a dog called Dill.
My tail I try to get, but I've never caught it yet.
(followed by panting)

I was at the park with my son and his yellow Labrador. His dog wandered up to a black family, who were eating fish and chips. My son apologised and retrieved his dog. This wasn’t good enough though! The couple went berserk at both me and my son. The woman was shouting in my face that this incident was racist. It wasn’t even my bloody dog. We were both very scared. My son thought he was going to be physically attacked. The stupid thing is, neither of us is in the slightest bit racist and in fact my very best friend is black.

i was once having a look at the reduced section in a supermarket, an older lady and her husband were standing next to me, plenty of space no crush like there sometimes can be. I reached for a packet of something to look at the price, and the lady actually slapped my hand away to stop me getting it. I was just 😦 and her husband said “no Brenda we don’t need those prawns” and pulled her away with a sort of apologetic glance. Brenda just sniffed at me and they left. Looking back I can see she probably wasn’t quite well but I was too surprised to say anything

I went to a gig with my Dad, it's a band we both like and we like hanging out with each other, he's about 20 years older then me. At the gig there was a woman who had seen the band something like 20 times, she was very enthusiastic. The woman next to me said I bet that's more than the hot dinners you have had with him, pointing at my Dad. I just looked at her and said that's my Dad?? She looked shocked and said how was I too know??

I am the spitting image of my Dad, a real mini me. Not great for a female but I'm used to it.

That brings back happy memories. I'd have sung back to him "I'm a very fat feathery owl called Sage" 😂

Totally agree. Not to mention the implied insult that she looked the kind of skank who would piss in the street

Years ago my mum and her friend did a weekend road trip. They (accidentally, or so they tell me) passed through a town where there was an annual matchmaking festival for local farmers. They were in a pub, an elderly man was sitting nearby, and some American women were at the next table.

Out of nowhere, the old man took his walking stick and prodded one of the Americans in the side, saying "and what are you across the scales then?"

i was horrified at this story, but my mum said he genuinely seemed to think that was how to spoke to a woman you liked the look of at a matchmaking festival!

I found two women sitting on the floor of a car park in a shopping centre. They were crying, one gently sobbing and the other howling. She was properly sobbing, howling and almost beating her chest. I asked them if they needed help. The not so sobbing one said no they were just upset about Sophie. At the mention of Sophie the loud one got louder. I was trying to work out who Sophie was and if she was lost or ill or worse. Anyway this went on for a while and more people had gathered worried. After some more careful probing I discovered Sophie was a rabbit and the louder one was worried Sophie might get ill. She wasn't actually ill but might get ill. At this point men in high vis jackets had arrived and I had had enough of dealing with mad people.

So if ever you're worried about your perfectly healthy rabbit it's ok to lay on the floor of a carpark and howl along with your friend.

On the park walking the dog with my DP. This lady who also had a dog started saying that we shouldn’t be using this park because she knows we don’t live around here. We said we live just down the road (not that it should make a difference!). She then started saying several unkind things to my DP, including calling him fat. When she wasn’t getting a rise out of us, she got her dog and left the park, purposefully leaving the gate open shouting ‘I hope your dog escapes and gets hit by a car!’ 😮 At this point some people are walking past and she suddenly starts shouting ‘help, their dog has just attacked me!’, even though it hadn’t been anywhere near her! After being ignored by these people she then walked off as if nothing had happened.

I was 17. Just landed myself a second job, part-time as a waitress in a pub serving the food side of things. I showed up for my first shift wearing a below the knee black tulip wrap skirt and a white long sleeve blouse. The landlady's husband was sitting next to the bar with 3 of his mates. As I stepped behind the bar he said, "oooh, I like your skirt", and the other blokes said, "yeah, like your skirt". They were leering, smirking and laughing. It sounds fairly innocuous but the tone was was creepy and weird. It sounded like they could see something I wasn't aware of. I was checking my stockings weren't showing, wondering if my skirt was tucked in my knickers or something but they just kept smirking and laughing at my confusion. I had no end of weird male behaviour in that place. At times it was like every bloke in there thought I was going to let em give me one. I was 17, naive, never been near a man and thought myself totally unattractive because I was a size 16. To this day, I cannot work out what was so funny about my skirt.

Yes that too!

just awful, wtf is wrong with these men that think it’s okay to say stuff like this to women???

🤣🤣🤣

I hope you didn't speak to him too harshly.

https://theherbs.homestead.com/Characters.html

I’d forgotten about this programme

"I'm a rather fat, feathery owl called Sage.... Brrrum, Brrum!
I've been sat here for what seems simply an age. Brrum! Brrum!
To tell you the truth, I don't like hatching eggs,
There's so little room, I get cramp in my legs. Brrum! Brrum!"

I could tell you the words to half The Herbs songs, but forget what I went for when I walk to the kitchen. 😄. A wonderful programme.

Maybe his grown up kids are arses and he felt he was giving you fair warning

@Probablyfinebutworried
I had something similar happen to
me once.
My daughter had a large birthmark right next to her eye and when she was only a few months old a random man in a shop walked over to us, stared at her and just said, 'Oh I feel so sorry for her!'
Really?!?! Who does that?

in the coop, looking at the cakes, an elderly man said I looked like I had eaten all the cakes
fgs

I’ve heard of loads of cis women having the same experience. Shows how silly and harmful anti trans bathroom hysteria is imo

When I was about 14 I was walking up to the bus stop from school with some friends, chatting about normal 14yo stuff. Two girls from another school came up and one of them said to me ‘you know, you really remind me of Victoria Wood’ and fell about laughing. Had never met them before. This was the late 90s so not exactly prime VW viewing era.

I remain confused about whether it was a compliment or insult 😂😂

Oh, another gross man one. I was walking home from the bus stop in my not-so-nice student neighbourhood. Was wearing a woolly jumper, not exactly tight. A car slows down as it passes, window rolls down.

‘Ere, love……..nice titties!’.

I think I just glared and marched off but REALLY.

Ladybirds carrying STIs transmissable to humans is bollocks...

'As with any animal, ladybirds can suffer from disease. One such disease is an STI-like fungal infection called Hesperomyces virescens, which is only transferred when ladybirds are in close contact with each other, during overwintering or mating. Ladybirds with this infection do not die from it but may have a shorter lifespan or a reduced ability to produce as many eggs as normal. The good news though is that it’s impossible for humans to catch this infection as it’s specific only to ladybirds.'

If you are in your 50s or older you should have sang " I'm Dill the dog, I'm a dog called Dill" 😀